THE ESSENTIALS OF PRAYER

FOREWORD

The
work of editing the Bounds Spiritual Life Books (of which the present volume is
the sixth) has been a labour of love which has brought great profit and
blessing to my own soul. After years of close study of the literary remains of
this great Christian, together with the work of other mystics, I am fully
persuaded that to but few of the sons of men has there been given such
spiritual power as was vouchsafed to Edward McKendree Bounds. Truly he was a
burning and a shining light, and as The Sunday School Times says, “he
was a specialist in prayer and his books are for the quiet hour, for careful
meditation and for all who wish to seek and find the treasures of God.”

It
was my great privilege to know the author well, and
also to know that his intention, in everything he wrote, was for the salvation
of his readers. The Essentials of Prayer is sent forth in this spirit.
May God bless it to many hearts and use it for the upbuilding and strengthening
of Christian character through the length and breadth of the land.